This monograph presents the first study of Negro police officers in Texas, the need for them and factors surrounding their use. It was felt that the need for Negro police officers was more than symbolic, and recommended fair representation in the agency that regulates their everyday life. Minority officers can provide a special competence in…

A random sample of U.S. television news directors was surveyed by mail in the spring of 1973 concerning hiring practices, the college training they felt was helpful for potential employees, and specific reasons they had for hiring personnel during the past year. The directors also were asked to report the ratings of their evening newscast and to…

A questionnaire, sent to the chairperson of either the psychology or the sociology department of all colleges and universities in the United States, explored the extent and nature of attitudes about hiring Ph.D. couples in the same department. A total of 2,027 colleges and universities comprised the sample group; however, only 16 percent (329)…

This annual report on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act describes activities conducted under the Act in 1969. The Act prohibits discrimination in any of the terms of employment against individuals between 40 and 65 years of age. Coverage is extended to employers of 25 or more persons in occupations for which age is not a bona fide…

This pamphlet is designed to help science and engineering managers in Government laboratories understand the relevant features and flexibilities of the Federal personnel system. The various sections deal with staff recruitment procedures, academic qualifications for each entering grade, short term appointments, the Federal pay system, position…

The focus of this survey, conducted by the Office of Management Studies, is on the seventy-eight university libraries in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Fifty-two libraries were interviewed by telephone calls which employed a detailed interview guide and produced a profile of practices and interests. All but three of the 25…

A guide for a conference on the role of the supervisor in effective personnel management is presented. The purposes of the conference are: (1) to examine the basic principles underlying the Federal personnel system and to see how the various parts fit together, (2) to discuss the personnel management responsibilities of supervisors, and (3) to…

This report presents the results of a descriptive survey of personnel departments in the ten largest multi-campus community college districts in California. Topics such as department organization, classified personnel systems, employment of classified staff including testing, ranking and selecting candidates, affirmative action programs, employee…

This is a letter to Chancellor Irving Anker of the Board of Education of The City of New York from the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The letter concerns the results of an investigation of complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights alleging employment discrimination by the New York City School System.…

This report, undertaken to secure data to facilitate employment of Iowa State University graduates, summarizes information gathered from visits to 30 businesses and corporations in Iowa and Illinois. Comments address the following aspects of application and employment: additional studies required, general and communication skills, style of…

Of a national membership of 24,000 in the American Institute of Architects (AIA), only 300 are women. Why are there so few women in architecture? Who are they? What kind of work do they do? The author, an architect and a woman, attempted to answer these questions. (Author/RK)

Examines the parameters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and relevant First Amendment case law, reviews several analogous court decisions in private employment, and analyzes Yott vs. North American Rockwell Corporation (case involving an employee who, on religious grounds, refused to join a union) and its application to public employment.…

Notes six phenomena occurring in today's offices that will necessitate the office of the future. Describes the office of the future and outlines its characteristics and characteristics needed by future office employees. (SH)

Notes that the Employment Act of 1946 lumps unemployment into one undifferentiated mass without distinguishing any order of priority among groups for whom maximum employment opportunities should be sought in relation to other groups. (Author/AM)